Monday, 2 November 2009

Smoking Jackets and Inverness Cape Index

Having gone through The Third Doctor’s entire wardrobe season by season, I thought it would be a good idea to break it down by the two main garments: smoking jackets and inverness capes, listing where they appeared.
This gives a quick reference to which were worn the most.

Velvet Smoking Jackets

Midnight blue, rolled collarSpearhead From SpaceDoctor Who and the SiluriansThe Ambassadors of DeathInfernoTerror of the AutonsThe Claws of AxosColony in SpaceThe Sea Devils

Maroon, rolled collar

Terror of the Autons

The Mind of Evil

The Claws of Axos

The Daemons

Day of the Daleks

Rust Red, notched collarThe Curse of PeladonThe Time MonsterThe Three DoctorsPlanet of the Spiders

Bottle-green, notched collar

Carnival of Monsters

Frontier in SpacePlanet Of The Daleks

The Green Death

The Time Warrior

Purple, double-breasted, notched collar

Planet of the Daleks

Petrol blue,
revered red-piped lapels

The Green Death

Death to the Daleks

also worn in cover shot of Radio Times 10th Anniversary Special

Aquamarine-blue,
notched collarInvasion of the Dinosaurs

Emerald-green, notched collar

The Monster of Peladon

Charcol-black, notched collarPlanet of the Spiders

Inverness Capes

Black, red silk-lined

Spearhead From Space

Doctor Who and the Silurians

The Ambassadors of Death

Inferno

Terror of the Autons

The Claws of Axos

Colony in Space

The Sea Devils

Black, purple silk-linedTerror of the AutonsThe Mind of EvilThe Claws of AxosThe DaemonsDay of the DaleksThe Mutants

Black, blue silk-lined

The Three Doctors

Red-Green TartanThe Curse of PeladonThe Time MonsterThe Green Death
(Planet of the Spiders as prop)

also worn in cover shot of Radio Times 10th Anniversary Special

Brown, burnt orange silk-lined

Carnival of Monsters

Frontier in Space

Grey checked, mid-blue liningInvasion of the Dinosaurs
(Planet of the Spiders as prop)

Hi Steve, this is indeed a superb resource and very well researched indeed!I'd query one detail: Is the red lined cape seen in "The Sea Devils" the same one used in Jon's first and second series? The version seen in the Sea Devils had four frog fastening and not buttons. In addition, the red lining now extends into the lapels. The Doctor Who experience states that the cape displayed (red-lined, with the four 'five-leaf' pattern frog fastenings) was used on screen and there is no evidence that it ever had buttons.It would seem an unnecessary expense to go to the trouble of re-lining the cape and replacing the front panels with frog fastenings.RegardsTony

Also, in between the Day of the Daleks and the Mutants, the purple lined cape appears to grow shorter and somewhere in between the Daemons and the Mutants, the frog fastenings on the purple-lined cape change from a three-leaf to a five-leaf pattern.RegardsTony